1xfw

<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1xfw]] is a 12 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/"bacillus_cereus_var._anthracis"_(cohn_1872)_smith_et_al._1946 "bacillus cereus var. anthracis" (cohn 1872) smith et al. 1946] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human Human]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1XFW OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1XFW FirstGlance]. <br>

</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=CA:CALCIUM+ION'>CA</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CMP:ADENOSINE-3,5-CYCLIC-MONOPHOSPHATE'>CMP</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=MG:MAGNESIUM+ION'>MG</scene></td></tr>

<tr id='related'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><div style='overflow: auto; max-height: 3em;'>[[1xfu|1xfu]], [[1xfv|1xfv]], [[1xfx|1xfx]], [[1xfy|1xfy]], [[1xfz|1xfz]]</div></td></tr>

<tr id='gene'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Gene|Gene:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">cya ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=1392 "Bacillus cereus var. anthracis" (Cohn 1872) Smith et al. 1946])</td></tr>

<tr id='activity'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Activity:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenylate_cyclase Adenylate cyclase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=4.6.1.1 4.6.1.1] </span></td></tr>

<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1xfw FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1xfw OCA], [http://pdbe.org/1xfw PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1xfw RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1xfw PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1xfw ProSAT]</span></td></tr>

[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/CYAA_BACAN CYAA_BACAN]] One of the three proteins composing the anthrax toxin, the agent which infects many mammalian species and that may cause death. EF is a calmodulin-dependent adenylyl cyclase that, when associated with PA, causes edema. EF is not toxic by itself and it is required for the survival of germinated spores within macrophages at the early stages of infection. Provokes dramatic elevation of intracellular cAMP levels in the host.

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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==

Edema factor (EF), a key anthrax exotoxin, has an anthrax protective antigen-binding domain (PABD) and a calmodulin (CaM)-activated adenylyl cyclase domain. Here, we report the crystal structures of CaM-bound EF, revealing the architecture of EF PABD. CaM has N- and C-terminal domains and each domain can bind two calcium ions. Calcium binding induces the conformational change of CaM from closed to open. Structures of the EF-CaM complex show how EF locks the N-terminal domain of CaM into a closed conformation regardless of its calcium-loading state. This represents a mechanism of how CaM effector alters the calcium affinity of CaM and uncouples the conformational change of CaM from calcium loading. Furthermore, structures of EF-CaM complexed with nucleotides show that EF uses two-metal-ion catalysis, a prevalent mechanism in DNA and RNA polymerases. A histidine (H351) further facilitates the catalysis of EF by activating a water to deprotonate 3'OH of ATP. Mammalian adenylyl cyclases share no structural similarity with EF and they also use two-metal-ion catalysis, suggesting the catalytic mechanism-driven convergent evolution of two structurally diverse adenylyl cyclases.

Calcium-independent calmodulin binding and two-metal-ion catalytic mechanism of anthrax edema factor.,Shen Y, Zhukovskaya NL, Guo Q, Florian J, Tang WJ EMBO J. 2005 Mar 9;24(5):929-41. Epub 2005 Feb 17. PMID:15719022<ref>PMID:15719022</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>

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== References ==

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[[Category: Adenylate cyclase]]

[[Category: Human]]

[[Category: Florian, J]]

[[Category: Guo, Q]]

[[Category: Shen, Y]]

[[Category: Tang, W J]]

[[Category: Zhukovskaya, N L]]

[[Category: Protein-protein interaction]]